Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
SAN FERNANDO LETTER.
Esig Boom, Big Rain and a Newly
Risen sun.

SAN FERNANDO, December 3, 1887.
EDITOR HERALD-But very few peo-
pie of South California have any idea
Of the magnitude of the great devel-
opments now going on in the San
Fernando Valley. While great works
are going on in Monrovia, Azusa,
East San Gabriel, Garvanzo, Cent?
nela, sausal Redondo, Anaheim, Ma
deau, Santa Ana, Whittier, Pomona
and many other places, no valley or
locality in Los Angeles County can
equal the colossal movements going
on in the ancient valley OF San Fer
nando
The first movement in the line of
development was the purchase last
year of the Maclay Rancho of 10000
acres for $400, 900 as announced in the
Herald at that time. On this prop
erty there is now going forward i'm
provements ola public character, such
as two large hotels, artesian wells,
college, submerged dam, reservoirs,
water pipes and street railway, all
TO cost $500, 200 more. Next in order
is the purchase of the grand Providen-
aa Rancho of IL, 900 ac' es, which with
the public improvements of hotel,
waterworks, street railway and av-
enues will entail an outlay Of about
$3.50 900 by the enterprising proprie-
tors. A ull advertisement of this
property appears in The Herald daily.
The next great movement in the
valley was the purchase of the George
x. Porter rancho of Is, 900 acres for
$4,000. On this splendid property
two great reservoirs, with a capacity
of over four million gallons, are being
made; two great artesian wells, and
a third in course of being made, will
supply the town with a pressure OF
water at 100 feet elevation. Avenues
are made all over the tract, and
large hotel is nearly completed. The
publ C improvements on this tract will
cost 5000 900, making an outlay OF
$40 900 on the property.
The adjoining tract of $4,000 acres,
known as the "B. f. Porter trait, was
purchased by the San Fernando Val
ley improvement at a cost of 5000 900.
The public improvements now going
on on this property will cost 100000
or more, making 5000, 600 outlay by
this company.
The next great movement in order
Of date is the purchase of portion OF
the Lankershim rancho Tor SIG, 900.
The water works will probably cost
$50 900 more, or total cost of $40 600.
Through the south side of the valley
The Los Angeles and Hueneme rail
way is to be made at an expense of not
less than $3.50 900. The aggregate OF
these outlaws, for land ip bulk and for
public improvements thereon, without
including private improvements, will
amount to over
THREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
The people of the valley want to know
what other little locality can show
such tremendous purchases of land
and such an immense outlay for public
improvements.
THE GREAT transform.
The rainfall of Wednesday and
Thursday nights amounted TO over
two inches, and added to the inch and
a half from previous rains, makes the
soil wet down below the pillow and
brings up the grass and new-sown
grain in fine condition. The whole
valley is alive with activity, and every
available man and team is called to
duty in blowing, planting, building
and other improvements. The triple
town of San Fernando embraces the
or col eye portion, the Pacoi-
ma and the Porter Land and Water
Com pany. In these three settlements,
which are essentially one town, there
ire about one hundred houses being
+nilt or und-r contract. The great
prick college is now putting on It's sec
md story. The large MaclAy hotel Is
ecciying its finishing touches, as is
,lso the branch Of the University |
Sunk. Pacoima has large hotel IN
apid construction, and the Porter
and and Water Company has its
ixiy-room hotel rapidly approaching
THE NEW SUN.
Il IL according to the order OF ma
ure TO have new moon every month,